Research Catalog

Title

Ariadne auf Naxos : radio broadcast, 1998-03-12 [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
• Castel, Nico.
• Troyanos, Tatiana.
• Nentwig, Franz Ferdinand.
• Glassman, Allan.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Dickson, Stephen.
• Laciura, Anthony.
• Korn, Artur.
• Battle, Kathleen.
• Frank, Joseph.
• Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012.
• King, James, 1925-2005.
• Christopher, Russell.
• Norman, Jessye.
• Bonney, Barbara.
• Bean, Gweneth.
• Upshaw, Dawn.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• McNally, Terrence.
• Masiello, Alberta.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 12, 1988]

Uniform Title

• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:24:59 (synopses and features) ; 2:11:50 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Nico Castel (The Major-Domo) ; Tatiana Troyanos (The Composer) ; Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (The Music Master) ; Allan Glassman (Scaramuccio) ; James Courtney (A Lackey) ; Stephen Dickson (Harlekin) ; Anthony Laciura (Brighella) ; Artur Korn (Truffaldin) ; Kathleen Battle (Zerbinetta) ; Joseph Frank (The Dancing Master) ; Charles Anthony (An Officer) ; James King (Bacchus, The Tenor) ; Russell Christopher (A Wigmaker) ; Jessye Norman (Ariadne, The Prima Donna) ; Barbara Bonney (Najade) ; Gweneth Bean (Dryade) ; Dawn Upshaw (Echo) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 12, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 529 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Prologue (Peter Allen) ; Prologue -- CD 2. Opera, beginning -- CD 3. Opera, conclusion ; Closing announcements (Allen) -- CD 4. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alberta Masiello, William Weaver and Terrence McNally) ; Synopsis of Ariadne (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 27324

OCLC

NYPG91-R1036

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

Ariadne auf Naxos : radio broadcast, 1998-03-12 [sound recording] : opera in a prologue and one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Playing Time

002459 021150

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Mar. 12, 1988]

Cast

Nico Castel (The Major-Domo) ; Tatiana Troyanos (The Composer) ; Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (The Music Master) ; Allan Glassman (Scaramuccio) ; James Courtney (A Lackey) ; Stephen Dickson (Harlekin) ; Anthony Laciura (Brighella) ; Artur Korn (Truffaldin) ; Kathleen Battle (Zerbinetta) ; Joseph Frank (The Dancing Master) ; Charles Anthony (An Officer) ; James King (Bacchus, The Tenor) ; Russell Christopher (A Wigmaker) ; Jessye Norman (Ariadne, The Prima Donna) ; Barbara Bonney (Najade) ; Gweneth Bean (Dryade) ; Dawn Upshaw (Echo) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in Oct. 1991, from borrowed masters (2 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 52, no. 13 (Mar. 12, 1988).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 12, 1988.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 529 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist

Castel, Nico. Performer

Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer

Nentwig, Franz Ferdinand. Performer

Glassman, Allan. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer.

Dickson, Stephen. Performer

Laciura, Anthony. Performer

Korn, Artur. Performer

Battle, Kathleen. Performer

Frank, Joseph. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

King, James, 1925-2005. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Norman, Jessye. Performer

Bonney, Barbara. Performer

Bean, Gweneth. Performer

Upshaw, Dawn. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Weaver, William, 1923-2013, commentator.

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Masiello, Alberta.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 27324 Service copy.

*LTCM 529 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LDC 27324.